Hydrochloric Acid → Chloromethyl dodecyl ether

HRID 1589236Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1589236 reaction equation
[CH2:1]=[O:2].[CH2:3](O)[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH3:14].[ClH:16]>ClCCCl>[Cl:16][CH2:1][O:2][CH2:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][CH2:7][CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH3:3]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 712FormaldehydeHCID 81931-Dodecanol

Product 1

HCID 12215332Chloromethyl dodecyl ether

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 111,2-DichloroethaneSolvent

Procedure

30 g (1 mole) of paraformaldehyde were stirred in 100 ml 1,2-dichloroethane with 186 g (1 mole) of 1-dodecanol, and HCl gas was passed for 3 hours at 0°-5° C. The product was diluted with more solvent to give a 2M concentration.

Workup

  1. additionThe product was diluted with more solvent
  2. customto give
  3. concentrationa 2M concentration

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-51bab49f675c4c66a3ea724ba9a355aa
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1986_02
Patent number
US04568700

Reaction notes

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